Small Business
Small business marketers are high on energy but short on time. Our editors are on the look-out for bite-sized advice we can deliver in 60 seconds. With just one article per issue, we offer quick tips to help small businesses grow. This Get to the Point newsletter mails on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Newsletter Archives
- Shut Up and Listen. Please. November 21, 2008
- Don't Be Stupid: Keep It Simple November 19, 2008
- The Sport of Unhappiness November 17, 2008
- Some Impure Blogging Thoughts November 14, 2008
- How to Get Referrals Galore November 12, 2008
- A Bad Trip November 10, 2008
- Warren Buffett's Three I's November 7, 2008
- Mission Control November 5, 2008
- Quirky, Weird and Hard to Predict November 3, 2008
- A Tale of Two Innovations October 31, 2008
- A Skeptical Look at Word-of-Mouth October 29, 2008
- Good Copy, Bad Copy October 27, 2008
- Meltdown Marketing October 24, 2008
- A Clearly Good Marketing Plan October 22, 2008
- The Right Way to Serve Up Links October 20, 2008
- Go Cone Yourself October 17, 2008
- You Don't Say October 15, 2008
- Search Is 6/8 of Research October 13, 2008
- Fight Fire With ... Rohit's Five-Step Action Plan October 10, 2008
- Dinner-Party PR October 8, 2008
- The Price-Hike Gamble October 6, 2008
- Google's Smarter Than You Think October 3, 2008
- Brand Aid October 1, 2008
- The Weakest Link September 29, 2008
- Red-Hot Whitepapers September 26, 2008
- Copywriters: Big Brother Is Watching September 24, 2008
- Scratch That Niche September 22, 2008
- Make Your Viral Dreams Come True September 19, 2008
- The Five Dumb Mistakes September 17, 2008
- All in the Execution September 15, 2008
- Time to Get Engaged September 12, 2008
- Can You Hear Me Now? September 10, 2008
- How to Avoid Stumbling on StumbleUpon September 8, 2008
- Are You a Leader to Follow? September 5, 2008
- Give to Receive September 3, 2008
- Life Is Tweet September 1, 2008
- Have You Considered an ... Open Relationship? August 29, 2008
- Make Nice August 27, 2008
- The Small Guys Really Know How to Socialize August 25, 2008
- Olympics of the Mind August 22, 2008
- Phone It In August 20, 2008
- Rock the Vote August 18, 2008
- Through with Buzz(words) August 15, 2008
- Surf the Huge Blue Wave of Web-Design Success August 13, 2008
- The Case for Cases August 11, 2008
- Put Your Words to Work August 8, 2008
- Let Everyone in on the Launch August 6, 2008
- Hello? Is There Anybody Out There? August 4, 2008
- I'm Rubber, You're Glue August 1, 2008
- Make Failure Your Friend July 30, 2008
- Check You Out July 28, 2008
- Ditch the Spam, Pitch the Content July 25, 2008
- Find a Fresh Pair of Eyes July 23, 2008
- The Power of Free July 21, 2008
- Return to Sender July 18, 2008
- It's Always You, You, You July 16, 2008
- Kick the Web Development Blues July 14, 2008
- Please Stand By ... Our Agents Are Currently Helping Other Customers July 11, 2008
- Employees Say the Darndest Things July 9, 2008
- How to Create Print Ads that Don't, Um, Stink July 7, 2008
- Raising Your Prices? Read This. Now. July 2, 2008
- Melon: Impossible June 30, 2008
- You're Walking a Fine Line June 27, 2008
- Wine Enthusiast, Sans Cheese June 25, 2008
- You Can't Beat $5 Sunglasses ... So Don't Try June 23, 2008
- Find a Firm That Fits June 20, 2008
- Your Media Property: Refurbish It June 18, 2008
- Blogging for Dollars June 16, 2008
- It's All in Her Head June 13, 2008
- Jive Talkin' June 11, 2008
- Rage Against the Machine June 9, 2008
- How Low Should You Go? June 6, 2008
- Flog Your Blog June 4, 2008
- Survey Says ... June 2, 2008
- You Positive? May 30, 2008
- Tag--You're It! May 28, 2008
- Do You Really Want a Logo That Only Costs $100? May 23, 2008
- Being Green: It Ain't Easy May 21, 2008
- Fill Your Conference Dance Card May 19, 2008
- Don't You Want Me, Baby? May 16, 2008
- Time for Your Blog's Checkup May 14, 2008
- Finding Inspiration on the Treadmill May 12, 2008
- How to Sneak Past the Bouncers May 9, 2008
- Yes, That Dress Makes Your Hips Look Big May 7, 2008
- It's a Small World After All May 5, 2008
- Leave Evangelism to Billy Graham May 2, 2008
- How Can You Give Customers a Little Thrill? April 30, 2008
- Meet the Press April 28, 2008
- Give to Receive April 25, 2008
- Baby Steps to Blogging Superstardom April 23, 2008
- You Got Grade-A Customer Service? April 21, 2008
- Stronger Words, Louder Mouths April 18, 2008
- No Reservations April 16, 2008
- The Brave New World of Blog Ads April 14, 2008
- A Case of Genius April 11, 2008
- Be a Super Delegator April 9, 2008
- How Well Does Your Copy Flow? April 7, 2008
- How to Stand Out When Your Product Doesn't April 4, 2008
- Four Blogs You Should Be Reading April 2, 2008
- Everything in Moderation March 31, 2008
- Is Your Newsletter a Must-Read? March 28, 2008
- Unleash Your Inner Ron Popeil March 26, 2008
- How to Avoid Ticking Off the (Ever-Sensitive) Blogosphere March 24, 2008
- Creating Your Company's Own Online Reality March 21, 2008
- Blogging the eBay Way March 19, 2008
- The Painless Way to Raise Prices March 17, 2008
- Three Traits of a Leading Brand March 14, 2008
- Placing Yourself in the Hot Seat March 12, 2008
- Hitting the Pay-Per-Click Plateau March 10, 2008
- How to Be a Better Blogger March 7, 2008
- When Personalization Backfires March 5, 2008
- Get Serious About Being Silly March 3, 2008
- Riding on the Green Wave February 29, 2008
- Getting Positive About Negativity February 27, 2008
- Four Ways to Encourage Word of Mouth February 25, 2008
- How to Leave Your Imprint on the Blogosphere February 22, 2008
- Nickel and Dime on the Not-So-Sly February 20, 2008
- Setting Your Evangelists on Track February 18, 2008
- Master Your Domain February 15, 2008
- Freedom to Brand Fearlessly February 13, 2008
- Green with Love February 11, 2008
- Show Me the Way February 8, 2008
- Lessons From Your Favorite Store February 6, 2008
- Network Like Charlie Wilson February 4, 2008
- Would Anyone Care If You Went Out of Business? February 1, 2008
- Time Is Money January 30, 2008
- Don't Sabotage Your Creativity January 28, 2008
- This Deal Available Only Last Week January 25, 2008
- Five Ways to Boost Intranet Traffic January 23, 2008
- The Name Game January 21, 2008
- Who Are Your Secretaries? January 18, 2008
- A Challenge to Conventional Wisdom January 16, 2008
- Customer Service the Lexus Way January 14, 2008
- Think Twice Before Hitting Send January 11, 2008
- Are You Ready to Rock? January 9, 2008
- Burdened with a Bland Web Site? January 7, 2008
- It Isn't Easy Being Green January 4, 2008
- Blogging Lessons from Tupperware January 2, 2008
- Why You Shouldn't Click This Link December 31, 2007
- Another Way to Dodge Spam Folders December 28, 2007
- How Caricatures Help Your Brand December 26, 2007
- A Blogger's Guide to Building and Maintaining Readership December 24, 2007
- Blog Ads That Work December 21, 2007
- Are Your Web Customers Engaged? December 19, 2007
- What Surveys Can Tell You—and Your Customers December 17, 2007
- Simple Evaluation Can Resolve an Ineffective Campaign December 14, 2007
- Use Promotions to Develop Relationships That Stick December 12, 2007
- Price Reductions Can Backfire December 10, 2007
- Say You Love Me December 7, 2007
- What Does Your Web Copy Say About You? December 5, 2007
- Listen Up! December 3, 2007
- Three Tips for Developing an Effective Marketing Plan November 30, 2007
- Is Your Business Card Terrible? November 28, 2007
- A New Rule for Pitching Bloggers November 26, 2007
- The 411 on 404 Error Pages November 21, 2007
- Is Your Web Site's Registration Process a Customer Roadblock? November 19, 2007
- Should You Edit Wikipedia Entries About Your Company? November 16, 2007
- Moving Forward with Reverse Branding November 14, 2007
- Try This Cash Experiment for Just One Month November 12, 2007
- Don't Let Your Bacn Turn Into Spam November 9, 2007
- How to Exceed Your Clients' Expectations Every Time November 7, 2007
- How Much Should You Charge for Consulting Services? November 5, 2007
- Ask and Ye Shall Receive November 2, 2007
- Innovation on a Deadline October 31, 2007
- How to Prepare for an Advertising Campaign's Success October 29, 2007
- Putting the V.I. back into V.I.P. October 26, 2007
- Three No-No's (and one Yes-Yes) for the Corporate Blogger October 24, 2007
- Avoid the Spiral of Doom October 22, 2007
- Earn Every Customer October 19, 2007
- For Your Advertising Toolbox October 17, 2007
- How to Make Sure Your Ad Delivers October 15, 2007
- Managing the Most Costly Slice of the Marketing Mix October 12, 2007
- Go for the Five-Dollar Words October 10, 2007
- Pay Attention to Your Surroundings October 8, 2007
- How to Prepare for a Media Interview October 5, 2007
- Sweat the Small Stuff October 3, 2007
- Merry, uh, Thanksgiving October 1, 2007
- Come on Over to My House September 28, 2007
- Information Technology is from Mars, Marketing is from Venus September 26, 2007
- Not Ready to Blog? Leave a Comment September 24, 2007
- Do You Know My Name? September 21, 2007
- How Well Do You Know Your Customers? September 19, 2007
- Are You a Thought Leader? September 17, 2007
- Setting Your Marketing Budget September 14, 2007
- What Should You Spend on Marketing? September 12, 2007
- Set Your Objectives First, Then Your Budget September 10, 2007
- How Riding an Elevator is Like Visiting a Web Site September 7, 2007
- Three Tips for Generating Referrals September 5, 2007
- Web 2.0: Destination Unknown September 3, 2007
- Is Your Headline Working For or Against You? August 31, 2007
- Tips for Advertising on MySpace August 29, 2007
- Customer Service 101 August 27, 2007
- What to do When Your Media Contact Changes Jobs August 24, 2007
- Five Words Every Web Site Should Include August 22, 2007
- Learn from the Queen August 20, 2007
- Make Sure Your Online Pricing Doesn't Alienate Offline Retailers August 17, 2007
- Be Careful with Discount Pricing August 15, 2007
- Six Questions to Ask Your Customers Before You Set Your Prices August 13, 2007
- Do You Have ESP? August 10, 2007
- Get the Goods on Your Competitors August 8, 2007
- Defeat the Deafening Silence August 6, 2007
- That's a Great Idea! August 3, 2007
- Optimize Your Networking Costs August 1, 2007
- Going, Going ... Gone! July 30, 2007
- Masked Crusaders Unwelcome in Cyberspace July 27, 2007
- Clamp Down on Printing Costs July 25, 2007
- Make Nice With Bloggers July 23, 2007
- How to Help Customers Remember Your Brand July 20, 2007
- Would a Rose by Any Other Name Smell as Sweet? July 18, 2007
- Only Promise What you Can Deliver July 16, 2007
- Turn That Frown Upside Down July 13, 2007
- The 411 on Email Campaign Metrics July 11, 2007
- Three Common Blogging Mistakes July 9, 2007
- iWant an iPhone July 6, 2007
- The Cash and Carry Mentality July 2, 2007
- How to Search for a Search Partner June 29, 2007
- Can We Talk? June 27, 2007
- Let's Play the Price is Right June 25, 2007
- Be Sure You Ask the Right People June 22, 2007
- Tips for Writing Research Questions June 20, 2007
- You, Too, Can Do Market Research June 18, 2007
- A Little Friendly Advice from Bloggers to Newsletter Editors June 15, 2007
- Say It Like You Mean It June 13, 2007
- Are Your Customer Service Reps Bogged Down by Rules? June 11, 2007
- Duck, Duck, Duck … Goose! June 8, 2007
- How to Become a Hometown Hero June 6, 2007
- Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die June 4, 2007
- Three Tips for Writing for the Web June 1, 2007
- Trashing Your Competition May 30, 2007
- Three Tips for Staying in the Loop May 25, 2007
- Find Business Opportunities at Your Chamber of Commerce May 23, 2007
- Don’t Censor Online Feedback May 21, 2007
- It’s All About the Benjamins May 18, 2007
- Even Better Mousetraps Need Good Marketing Plans May 16, 2007
- Beware of Falling in Love with Your Own Ideas May 14, 2007
- Three Tips for Getting Prospective Clients to Call You Back May 11, 2007
- Should You Publish Real Names When Customers Sing Your Praise? May 9, 2007
- Understand Your Competitive Edge May 7, 2007
- What Makes a Great Logo May 4, 2007
- What is Direct Marketing? May 2, 2007
- When to Issue a Press Release April 30, 2007
- Two Google Research Tricks April 27, 2007
- How to Drum Up Word of Mouth April 25, 2007
- Five Hints for Effective Survey Design April 23, 2007
- Pitching Services to Small Businesses April 20, 2007
- Is Search Engine Advertising For You? April 18, 2007
- Building Buzz in the Blogosphere April 16, 2007
- Three Traits of a Must-Read Newsletter April 13, 2007
- Two Reasons to Avoid Email Attachments April 11, 2007
- Do's and Don'ts for Lead Generation April 9, 2007
- Avoid Looking Like a Spamster April 6, 2007
- Three Keys to a Viral Campaign April 4, 2007
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